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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1889
Page
1
Readers report Hood's Sarsaparilla cleansed long standing ailments. Testimonies claim blood purification, renewed strength, appetite, and improved health after years of misery. Promoters cite dramatic recoveries from ulcers and chronic illnesses.
Notice that an examination for teacher license will be held on the last Saturday of each month at 1 a.m. in the Bloomfield high school room. County Superintendent William M. Moss provides details from Bloomfield Indiana dated June 5th. Washington township Greene county notices a weekly office hour for township business with George Bogard trustee confirming no business outside those days.
Notice to people of Case township Greene county Indiana that I will be at my residence one mile southeast of Newberry on Mondays and Tuesdays each week during my term to transact township business. John D Moore Trustee. Also notice to Grant township Greene county Indiana that I will transact at my office at my residence two miles south of the precinct on Saturday each week. Wm H Deckard Trustee.
The crowd grows daily at the great exposition in Paris with the Great Wall of Art and improved colored porcelain manufacture. Paris has become a lodging suburb while the exposition grounds are the real metropolis. European governments shown unfriendly earlier, but now Germans Austrians and Russians visit in large numbers, Boulanger recalls only laughter as the event thrives.
Reports from Paris praise the expo as the greatest yet with 400000 visitors and a vast panorama of nations. The Chinese porcelain revival and pavilion displays draw attention while the strikers’ tactic leaves Paris unchanged except for added humor from observers.
The Louisville Courier Journal notes farmers report a new invasion of seventeen year locusts across the nation and many believe the wing letters predict national fate. Past sightings showed W signaling war in 1855 and P signaling peace in 1872, fueling superstition about future letters and outcomes.
Engineers race to outdo each other on the Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago limited express. Christie’s run Fort Wayne to Chicago 170 minutes with speeds up to 65 mph, best Hamlet to South Chicago 57 miles in 60 minutes. California on Wheels exhibit tours from San Francisco to the East after visiting western states.
A Paris show opens featuring over one hundred 2000 year old portraits from Egyptian burial sites preserved by dry sands. The Greek era in Egypt is shown through accurate depictions of dress, hair, and types. The exhibit offers a vivid window into the time.
The British Medical Journal reports severe inebriety among Austrian youths with Vienna’s school board pressing for government action. A proposed bill would ban sale of intoxicants to under fif teens and prohibit drunk or undernourished children returning to class.
A remarkable effort in India to end seclusion of women includes 700 women leaving Zenana rules to honor Lady Dafferin for funding female medical schools in Calcutta Lahore Madras and beyond. The durbar was held in the viceroy's palace with a woman reporter, no men present, described as superb and color rich. One Hindu woman is studying medicine in America and forfeits caste.
A lengthy analysis outlines Chicago's rapid expansion through annexation of 220 000 residents and 800 miles radius markets. The piece compares Chicago’s growth to New York and Philadelphia, notes Fort Dearborn origins, and traces Chicago’s population from 4 170 in 1837 to over 1 100 000 by 1880. It credits sustained development to rail gateways, suburban ties, and continuous growth beyond 1878.
Offers to adopt orphans in Johnstown exceed supply. Yulare lake in California has shrunk from twenty by thirty miles to fifteen by twenty, its waters heavily laden with orax and alkali and ash. In Roosteen Holland a giant rose tree owned by Mme Regnen once bore 6,000 roses at once.
The Herreschoff yard at Bristol Rhode Island is building a new US torpedo boat. It differs from the Ariete class and exceeds contract speed with a guaranteed 23 knots and expected 26 to 27 knots. The vessel is smaller yet may ride higher in the water with 9 tons displacement and 135 by 15 by 10 feet dimensions. It uses twin screws, quadruple expansion engines, two boilers, electrified interior, eleven watertight compartments and two conning towers with electric searchlights. Armament includes two bow torpedo tubes one stern torpedo gun and three 87 pound rapid fire guns. The Thornycrofts previously built the Ariete Ruyo and Coureur. The trials will compare American and English shipbuilding.
Coal operators in Braam district plan to adopt electric mining machinery after a visit to Hocking Valley Ohio. If satisfactory, several machines will be purchased. if not, an alternative will be sought. Lt. W. Perry says employment may fall from 2000 to about 400 workers. The miners relief committee reports 5839 dependents with $256.62 in new contributions and about $400 less in distribution amid confusion over arbitration talks.
A heavy wind and rain storm in Evansville Indiana blew down electric wires and flooded streets. Firemen and bystanders were knocked down by live current as crowds rushed to aid the injured, with several found unconscious but saved.
Montremen Indiana July 15. One hundred fifty trench diggers for the Fort Wayne Natural Gas company quit work at noon Thursday. The men arrived in town en masse vowing not to work until they are paid for seven weeks owed.
The celebrated twin baby born twelve miles northwest of Tirtoy three weeks ago arrived in Tipton on Wednesday evening and will remain there for six months. Excursions will run to Tipton from all directions.
Wasiixon July 16 breadstuffs exports for June totaled 8925998 dollars, up from 7680325 dollars in June 1888. The report highlights stronger shipment values and compares year over year performance for the commodity sector.
A roundup of incidents across Indiana includes Daniel Shultz's arrest in Wabash for horse stealing, dynamite case involving six men in Brazil, a tragedy in Anderson with a 16 year old drowning, and local saloon protection efforts in Logansport. Other items note embezzlement arrest in Madison, textbook contracts, glanders in Greensburg, a multiple marriage case in Shelbyville, gas found in Knox, harness theft in Brazil, a fatal steam pipe burst in Madison, eight hour shifts for Indianapolis stone cutters, and a fatal reaper accident near Fort Wayne. Additional notes cover church faction splits in Lincolnville, a criminal indictment against W R Walls in Indianapolis, and a death by horse kick near Columbus.
The Japan Gazette recounts a disaster in Kiwanrting prefecture where a water spout flooded the Chuie Pine and Pine-Yren districts. Villages including Chaekom, Tie act on, and Ding-Yueh were swept away with up to 600 lives lost and many homes inundated.
As families prepare for school, Indiana shifts from Appleton to Indiana Educational Series and Bow en Merrill for readers and primers. New editions promise more pages, stronger bindings, modern methods, and lower costs with contracts issued by Gov. Hovey for the text book bond and state orders.
The Pennsylvania weather service map marks rainfall by district with eight inches in black zones and four to seven inches on check lines. White counties including eastern Pennsylvania saw under one inch, with Philadelphia spared as Susquehanna and Conemaugh valleys bore the heaviest floods. Also dated tragedy notes Indiana wheat blight and Crawfordsville citizen David Hartshorn’s death from heart disease.
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